supply chain management
Report on Case Study
“Empty Container Logistics:
Hamburg–Baltic Sea Region”
Hamburg University of Technology
Institute for Transport Planning and Logistics
This report is part of Work Package 5.2 of the TransBaltic Project funded as part of the
Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013.
Authors: Jutta Wolff, Nico Herz, Heike Flämig,
Institute for Transport Planning and Logistics, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
Contact: jutta.wolff@tuhh.de
Version: Final
Date: August 2012
Empty Container Management – Case Study Report
Table of Contents
1
Introduction ....................................................................................... 2
2
Background ........................................................................................ 5
3
Data analysis Hamburg – BSR ................................................................... 7
4
Stakeholders in the (empty) container maritime transport chain .................... 16
5
Processes in empty container logistics ..................................................... 21
6
Perspectives of different stakeholders ..................................................... 34
7
Summary .......................................................................................... 37
List of figures ........................................................................................... 39
List of tables ............................................................................................ 39
List of abbreviations ................................................................................... 39
Bibliography ............................................................................................. 40
I
Empty Container Management – Case Study Report
1
Introduction
The overall objective of WP 5.2 was to increase transparency on empty container logistics in general and with a special emphasis on specifics in
“Empty Container Logistics:
Hamburg–Baltic Sea Region”
Hamburg University of Technology
Institute for Transport Planning and Logistics
This report is part of Work Package 5.2 of the TransBaltic Project funded as part of the
Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013.
Authors: Jutta Wolff, Nico Herz, Heike Flämig,
Institute for Transport Planning and Logistics, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
Contact: jutta.wolff@tuhh.de
Version: Final
Date: August 2012
Empty Container Management – Case Study Report
Table of Contents
1
Introduction ....................................................................................... 2
2
Background ........................................................................................ 5
3
Data analysis Hamburg – BSR ................................................................... 7
4
Stakeholders in the (empty) container maritime transport chain .................... 16
5
Processes in empty container logistics ..................................................... 21
6
Perspectives of different stakeholders ..................................................... 34
7
Summary .......................................................................................... 37
List of figures ........................................................................................... 39
List of tables ............................................................................................ 39
List of abbreviations ................................................................................... 39
Bibliography ............................................................................................. 40
I
Empty Container Management – Case Study Report
1
Introduction
The overall objective of WP 5.2 was to increase transparency on empty container logistics in general and with a special emphasis on specifics in